Planting plants with children

Planting plants with children

Plants represent those things that provide our home with a large amount of beautiful colors and smellsbut they also give us the sensation of feeling good and being happy, but the most important thing is that they provide us with vital oxygen.

And not only this, for our children it is something very positivesince in this way we can invite them to come closer to nature in each of the seasons of the year, apart from the fact that we have the possibility of being able to cultivate plants and some species that are both medicinal and edible, since in this way we can get the most out of each of the benefits that these can provide to our health.

Why should children grow and care for plants?

Children should grow and care for plants

Flowers and especially plants, allow us to get closer to what is the magic that life has, the children who are living in the city, can barely perceive what the changes of the seasons are, but if we offer them the opportunity to grow and care for plants from the comfort of your home, we will make you feel in awe and at the same time you can enjoy how fascinating nature can be.

Children are usually very happy when they have the opportunity to observe that from a seed that is small, a beautiful flower can come out And if we can let the children enter the world of plants and flowers at home, it will be a very good thing, since with this they can learn to be patient.

In general, when families do not know what to do on a weekend in the afternoon, they usually make the decision to go together to a shopping center. Many may find it very fun to visit places where they are completely surrounded by people, but the truth is that the best way to enjoy being with children is to visit a natural park, since they are places where they can enjoy the beauty of plants, flowers, trees and everything that nature can offer us.

How can we plant plants with the children?

How can we plant plants with the children?

If we do not have any knowledge about flowers, plants and also about the changes of the seasons, it is most likely that in the place where we go to make the purchases there will be a person in charge who can offer us help. One of the beautiful flowers that we can choose for the month of December are violetssince these flourish at this time, we simply have to cheer up and buy the seeds.

Once we have made the decision and have enough courage to accompany our children in this experience, we have to get some materials, such as one or more pots, soil containing fertilizerthe seeds of the flowers that we have chosen and a water vaporizer.

We have to fill the pot with soilif we do this task together with our children, it is most likely that half of the earth will be lying on the ground, so we should not worry if this happens, since it is part of the experience.

We must bear in mind that if we do this kind of activities with the childrenwe must have a lot of patience, so for us this can be a serious task, but for children it only represents fun. After this we start to spread the seeds.

Once this is done we cover them with a little more soil, but instead of having to water the soil, we simply we vaporize a little water on topso if we water the soil, it is most likely that the soil on the surface becomes hard, preventing the seed from coming out.

Spraying the soil is a task that we must do at least three times a day while the seed is blooming and once it has flowered, we have to do it at least every two or three days. Must remember not to pour too much watersince the roots of can drown.

Planting plants with children

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